Pork Business
Retail pork prices set an all-time high in April at $4.32 per lb, up 3.8% from March and 11% higher than last year. Retail prices for Choice beef reached $6.76 per lb, up 4.2% from March and 4.8% from a year ago.
Opposing innovation, whether small steps or giant leaps forward, will only prevent further advancement, says NC Pork Council CEO Roy Lee Lindsey. Here’s a look at how two proposed bills in NC could impact pig farming.
Start them up right and keep them running this summer.
With rising feed costs and higher market weights, it has never been more important to choose the right feeder for your hog operation.
IKEA is ramping up its iconic menu with pulled pork. Here’s what you can expect to find in stores soon.
New research on monarchs by Iowa State University scientists offers important insights to those trying to boost populations by planting habitat close to corn and soybean fields.
Cash-traded weaner pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 31,905 head reported. Cash weaner pig reported prices were $47.02, down $3.26 per head from last week.
Ground pork is still trending, and experts say it’s ready for liftoff. With a $51-billion refrigerated ground meat category, building demand for this versatile and tasty product may be key to increasing pork sales.
Taiwan’s election commission approved on Friday the holding of three referendums in late August that could affect both the island’s relations with the U.S. and its energy security if they are passed.
Everyone wants to know the magic formula to reduce pig diet costs. With corn and soybean prices skyrocketing, it’s a hard question with no easy answer. Three nutritionists share their recommendations to reduce costs.
A significant fracture on the I-40 bridge is now shut down to not only vehicle traffic, but barges until the issue can be fixed. The emergency shut down is a barrier for barge traffic along the Mississippi River.
Inflation concerns are heating up as fresh data from the Labor Department shows U.S. consumer prices have risen more than 4% over the past year, marking the sharpest increase since 2008.
In 2019, a new variant of porcine sapovirus infection was identified in the U.S. on a farm reporting piglet diarrhea issues for two years. Here’s a look at SHIC’s report on a study to better understand this pathogen.
A new study claims U.S. agriculture, in particular animal agriculture, is a major source of air pollution. NCBA’s Ethan Lane says the misleading nature of this study contributes to the false narrative around animal ag.
“The old adage that ‘it is sometimes better to be lucky than good’ could apply to global hog markets in 2021,” Rabobank said in its latest report. Analysts summarized six key issues driving prices this year.
For some, not knowing what challenges they may face each day is exciting, says Dyneah Classen, DVM. For others, unexpected challenges can throw them off course. Here’s why she plans big and executes small.
Dry weather and poorly timed planting are weighing on Brazil’s second corn crop this year, reviving fears of another surge in feed prices like the one that battered big meatpackers after a 2016 drought.
Kemin Industries acquires Bio-Cide. Ralco celebrates 50 years. Smithfield increases water conservation efforts. PigTek names new product manager. Check out the latest industry news briefs here.
Can rodents transmit the deadly African swine fever (ASF) virus? Although rodents are a possible transmission vector for other swine diseases, that path of transmission has been uncharacterized for ASF.
Restaurants closing early. Sign after sign plastered along roadsides with businesses looking for help. The hiring issue is crippling everything from manufacturing to the restaurant industry today.
Nearly 25% of the world’s crops are impacted by mycotoxins that if left unmitigated, can impact the entire food chain. Here’s what you can do to fight from farm to field.
U.S. red meat exports raced to a record performance in March with pork and beef exports each posting the highest monthly value ever, reaching a combined total of nearly $1.6 billion.
High feed prices. The ongoing global spread of African swine fever. Trade challenges. There certainly is no shortage of potential supply-chain disrupters for the pork industry in a post-COVID-19 world.
It wasn’t the kind of cake U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists were expecting to find while examining leftover baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport last month.
House lawmakers sent a letter to leadership voicing opposition to using two tax provisions which could be offered as pay-fors under President Biden’s “American Families Plan” proposal.
The National Pork Producers Council filed comments last week on two Massachusetts bills related to Question 3, a 2016 ballot initiative which prohibits the sale of pork produced using certain production methods.
Cash-traded feeder pig reported volume was below average this past week, with 4,840 head reported. Cash feeder pig reported prices were $80.81, down $12.32 per head from last week.
Chinese buyers bought 1.36 million tonnes of U.S. corn, matching their seventh biggest ever purchase of U.S. supplies of the grain, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday.
After a two-year hiatus, NPPC president Jen Sorenson says she couldn’t be more excited for the World Pork Expo, the industry’s hallmark event. Here’s a look at this year’s seminar line-up.
The plan is now called “America the Beautiful,” and is a 10 year, locally-led and voluntary nationwide effort to conserve, connect and restore 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by the year 2030.